Machine for manufacturing grain into form for food.



H. 1). PERKY, ,nnc'n. L. SPARKS, ADMINISTRATOR. MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING GRAIN INTO FORM FOR FOOD. ,91 6,365

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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, To 'aH whom it may concern;

EDTSTATES. PATENT;

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citizenof the United States, and resident of Glencoe, in the county .of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have made a certain new land usefil'l Invention in Machines for Manu- .factu' Grain into Formflfor Food; andI- declaret e'follo win to be a'full, clear, and

v .exact fdesr zi'ip'ti'on o the same, such as. will enable others skilled the art 'towhich it 'ap ,rtains'to make and u'se'the invention, 1 reerence',being had to, the accompanying drawings, .and to letters or fi ies of. reference marked'thereon, which '15.

orm a part of thisspecifioation;

topview of the machine;

, g 1 1s a Fig. isavertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a plan view of erforated pan; Fig. 4 is a sectional view o the same; Figti5 is a sectional view of a boiler showing. the'cooking cylinder.'i F' 6 a 1 View f'the cylinder.

'The o ject of the invention .is to provide means mainly for reducing" rain, and especially corn, to short, uniformengths of attenu'ated' shape and rough "exterior, separate from-each other, and soprepared as to fuijducejan agreeable article of fee press; b, an lindric or prismatic ress casing nish a thoroughly cooked,' tender and'agreeable breakfast food,

' Inpreparations of corn it is believed that "it is seldom sufiiciently cooked or so worked in the manufacture as to render it tender and without undue asperity. By the means hereinafter described, it is designed to profrom grain in manufactured form and ready for use.-

In the accompan 7 drawings, illustrating the invention, t e' etter a, esignat-es-a or receptac eopen at both en s, which is designed to be placed in the seat d, of the;

rose, and is removable therefrom. In axial line with the seat d, is the follower e, of the in said seat. Axially, above the cy der 1), is located a perforated plate'g, having thin edge perforations, or of thin material, such-as 'sheet tin, this plate being removable. Asshown, the plate forms the bottom of. .a removable pan WhiQh'lS secured in; ositio'n in the press, by means of clamps .or uttonajk, connected to the press frame. The gwhidesigned to be held closeicontact Q efdf the cylinder 1), and the, openi g-1 e,; o ,the frame is in close relationftheret providing the pan with a'sli'ght, evel cylinder or casing b. I

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At i indicated h ii igtfiehriof cient size to contain thec'y in 1 1; l f t'og'gt with enough water for the ,1 q ir ev r valvipg. 'ifii sre as of the amount -and charagte the grain, which may be maize of the, i red variety, deprived of 'i and in ground form. ,o fsfiem instead of boiling waterfoiipo'oking NJ a! I v I asset s ate! 3592 1. argest,

caps n, having nnerirQiiflaQseats d w in airtight ma ne tflpdseaaterrsr vent the entrance ofwatergfroint b QIlQIi. The reduced or ground grain havi'n'gjgbeen r f h mi w h hou atequslz uam tity of water is. employed't fillthegcyl ridgr, which' is then tightly closed ,by ilgganslof its caps. and suitab e clamp blol ts 2,, vwhich are notchbearings s, of thejcap's ;Ilieselieads or capsare preferably madeohciifcular pg? in contact with the;walror'bottoiii ohthe boiler, the effect will be uniform or nearl so throughout the charge. The cylinder, aving been removed from the boiler, is laid aside for cooling. Then, its heads having beenremoved, it is placed in the press, and

clamped to the perforated plate or wire" cloth. The'followephaving beenput in 'o oration, the particles of material in the ey inder are caused to move about and commingle in its upper ortion to pass through the perforations of 't e plate in the form of shoots or sprays havingan upright, or approximately vertical position, which they are designed to maintain." To this end their len .h is limited'by; the consistence of the coo ed material, and is designed to be *uniform. With this object-'in'vlew, the gearin for operating the follower screw is arrange for intermittent action, and may consist of a reversing driving gear wheel 2, adapted to .arranged to be readily remoytleffrefi lth engage either bevel pinion 3, of an adjustable double gear sleeve nut4, under control of an automatic shifting device 5. In this device, a shiftin arm loosely engages a reciprocating clutch sleeve on the sleeve nut 4, and to said arm is connected a toothed plate in engagement with a rod attached to the fol lower, said engagement being effected by means of a paw plvoted to said rod. To the toothed plate is connected a sliding disengaging plate which is connected to the handle ment of the fo tooth, as the plate of the shifting arm by an angle lever handle, which. operates. to cause the disengaging plate to push the awlout of engagementwith the toothed p ate. Each tooth of the toothed plate is designedto be of roper length for a single operation of the fo ower, at the end of which the rise of the clutch" sleeve causes disengagement of the latter from the lower inion'3, and stops the movellbwer. The pawl being then disengagedfromthefrpnt tooth of'the-toothed plate becomes eng dgled with the "second 'ops tofirst position,

and the movement is repeated. When the pawl arrives atthe end of its upward move'. ment the sleeve clutch can-be engaged with the upper pinion3, the movement of which will rapidly reverse the movement of the sleeve nut and cause the follower to uickly descend to its .lowest position. T rough these devices the driving gear is designed to .operate, toslbwly raise the follower, to rapidly reverse it, and to become disengaged m an intermittent manner to sto 'the movement. When-the sprays have een formed on the plate to proper length so that they will maintain-their upright position, the pan is charged. Its clamps can then-be loosed, thereby cutting off or terminating the sprays which adhere. to the perforated plate by their ends. The pan with its c ar ge of sprays is, then removed 'to a charging oven, or may be placed in'a rack with other.simi-' larly charged pans, such rack bein when filled, placed in a drying chamber. order that the mixing motion of the material irf-tl-i'ev readily discharged from the pan 'by the 'movement of a rubber or scraper in contact with its bottom. .This product consists of separate sprays or elongated forms desi ned to be of uniform length and'thickness, aving rough exterior, porous and granular '50 Because of the approxistructure" and crisp and tender quality. Theymay be white, or yellow, or other color,

according to the variety of-grain employed in the manufacture. 0r. varieties may be used, and the product mixed, which will eqlualize the constituent elements of the resu tant preparation,- besides giving it a bright .a pearance'of white and .yellow or other co or. Having describedithe invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a machine for reducing grain to elongated forms or sprays. of uniform and limited length, the combination with a press,

of a removable perforated forming and cutolf carrier plate, a removable open-end press casing, and clamping devices.

2. A machine forreducing grain to elongated forms or spraysof uniform length consisting of a press, a removable perforated forming and cut-0H plate, a removable open end press casing and intermittently operating and quick reversing gear.

n testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY D. PERKY. Witnesses:

WM. 0. BREED, L. S. YBURBANIK, 

